[填空题]Early theories held that dreams were reflection of people’s real, physical worlds.

[单项选择]The early railroads were connected short lines in the existing arteries of transportation: roads, turnpikes, canals, and other waterways.（）
A. short lines that connected
B. those short fines connected
C. connected by short lines
D. short connected lines

[单项选择]Why were the hostages held
A. To protest a decision by Nigeria’s government.
B. To protest new policies by Shell oil company.
C. To place a new council.
D. To prevent the opposing ethnic group.

[填空题]Americans held prejudice against the early Chinese Americans.

[填空题]In Yugoslavia, the late 1960s and early 1970s were marked by improved relations with other countries, regardless of their political ______. (orient)

[单项选择]What kind of people were early colonial newspapers designed for（　）.
A. Business people.
B. Elite.
C. Immigrants.
D. People in the cities.

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Olympics were first held in Greece in ancient times. The modern Olympics didn’t begin until the year 1896. Women competed in Olympic events for the first time in Paris in 1900. The first Winter Games began in 1924. And in 1932, the first Olympic village was built to accommodate athletes in Los Angeles. In 1936 in Berlin TV cameras broadcast Olympic events for the first time. The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne were the first Olympic Games to be held in the southern hemisphere. Tokyo hosted the first Asian Olympics in 1964.
IOC stands for International Olympic Committee, which governs the Olympics in general. It was founded in Paris on June 23, 1894. Its headquarters are in the. Swiss city of Lausanne. Its official languages are English and French. ItC members come from five different continents: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. They choose Olympic cities six years in advance. All the Olympic movement’s rules are contained in a book called The Olympic Char

[填空题]Only three events were held at the first Olympics, one of which was the stadium footrace.

[单项选择]Passage Five
In 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. But the American skiers came home without medals. Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year. They did the same for many years after. From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips. The U.S. was generally thought to be weak in ski competition.
But in 1974 it was discovered that the U. S. record was slightly better than people had been led to believe. And Norway’s record was not quite as good. The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen. After fifty years, Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924.
In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place. He had just missed earning a medal. His score was 17.916, just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway. Haug’s score of 18 h
A. the 1924 Olympics
B. Norway’s Skiers
C. An Olympic Record Corrected
D. American Skiers in the Olympics